Dismemberment

BERLIN (Reuters) - Canadian murder suspect Luka Rocco Magnotta has been extradited and put on a plane to Canada, the public prosecutor's office in Berlin said on Monday. "I can confirm that Magnotta is now on a plane on his way to Canada. He left Berlin one hour ago. The German government has authorized the extradition so the extradition has taken place," Martin Steltner, a spokesman for the prosecutors, said. Police arrested porn actor Magnotta, 29, in a Berlin Internet...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Former Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi called on incumbent Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday to give up his bid for a third term in power or risk the dismemberment of Iraq. Maliki on Friday rejected a chorus of such calls since militants of a group now calling itself the Islamic State rampaged through swathes of Iraq and declared a mediaeval-style caliphate in land they control in Iraq and neighboring Syria. "I think it is time for Mr Maliki to leave...

A third person sought in the killing and dismemberment of a man at a Southwest Side home has been arrested in New Jersey, police said. Milton Miranda was booked into the Morris County, New Jersey, jail on Saturday, according to Morris County Jail officials. Miranda is wanted in Chicago on a murder warrant, according to Chicago Police. The man is accused of attacking Jose Reyes with a pipe and an knife, then decapitating him, after Reyes was lured to the home by the suspect's...

An 18-year-old man who was asked to move out of the Northwest Side apartment he shared with his aunt and her boyfriend killed the older man with a hammer, then cut off the man's head, ears and nose and left them on his aunt's bed "as a present," prosecutors said Friday. Police arrested a blood-covered Alexis Valdez after he dismembered Silvestre Diaz-Hernandez, 41, became exhausted and called 911 to report there was a dead body in their Belmont Gardens basement...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Former Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi called on incumbent Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday to give up his bid for a third term in power or risk the dismemberment of Iraq. Maliki on Friday rejected a chorus of such calls since militants of a group now calling itself the Islamic State rampaged through swathes of Iraq and declared a mediaeval-style caliphate in land they control in Iraq and neighboring Syria. "I think it is time for Mr Maliki to leave...

A third person sought in the killing and dismemberment of a man at a Southwest Side home has been arrested in New Jersey, police said. Milton Miranda was booked into the Morris County, New Jersey, jail on Saturday, according to Morris County Jail officials. Miranda is wanted in Chicago on a murder warrant, according to Chicago Police. The man is accused of attacking Jose Reyes with a pipe and an knife, then decapitating him, after Reyes was lured to the home by the suspect's...

(Adds details, Montreal police identifying victim) * Suspect accused of murdering Chinese student * Suspect videotaped murder and dismemberment * Suspect sent body parts to Canadian political parties PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) - A Canadian suspected of dismembering a man in Montreal, filming the murder and then mailing body parts to political parties in Ottawa may now be in France, where police are conducting a search, a police source told...

After her ex-boyfriend's brother was attacked with a pipe and knife, and then decapitated, Daisy Gutierrez called her father and told him that she had "fixed the problem," authorities said Sunday. Then, Cook County prosecutors contend, Gutierrez's new boyfriend dismembered the body, and her father spent three hours digging a hole in the family's Southwest Side backyard before placing the victim's body parts in plastic bags and burying them. The remains of the man,...

* Abduction and slaying traumatized Denver-area parents * 17-year-old also suspected in aborted kidnapping of jogger * Youth had enrolled in vocational school, community college (Adds details on suspect, background, statement from governor) By Keith Coffman WESTMINSTER, Colo., Oct 24 (Reuters) - A Colorado teenager has been arrested on suspicion of abducting and killing a 10-year-old girl who disappeared on her way to school and was later...

* Abduction and slaying traumatized Denver-area parents * 17-year-old also suspected in aborted kidnapping of jogger * Youth had enrolled in vocational school, community college (Adds details on suspect, background, statement from governor) By Keith Coffman WESTMINSTER, Colo., Oct 24 (Reuters) - A Colorado teenager has been arrested on suspicion of abducting and killing a 10-year-old girl who disappeared on her way to school and was later...

By Jennifer Delgado and Kim Geiger and Tribune reporters | October 7, 2013

After her ex-boyfriend's brother was attacked with a pipe and knife, and then decapitated, Daisy Gutierrez called her father and told him that she had "fixed the problem," authorities say. Then, Cook County prosecutors contend, Gutierrez's new boyfriend dismembered the body, and her father spent three hours digging a hole in the family's Southwest Side backyard before placing the victim's body parts in plastic bags and burying them. The remains of the man, identified as Jose...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Canadian murder suspect Luka Rocco Magnotta has been extradited and put on a plane to Canada, the public prosecutor's office in Berlin said on Monday. "I can confirm that Magnotta is now on a plane on his way to Canada. He left Berlin one hour ago. The German government has authorized the extradition so the extradition has taken place," Martin Steltner, a spokesman for the prosecutors, said. Police arrested porn actor Magnotta, 29, in a Berlin Internet...

A man seeking revenge for the alleged sexual molestation of a relative was charged with murder Sunday in the dismemberment of a neighbor whose 11 body parts were found in two refrigerators over the weekend, police said. The alleged molestation occurred Tuesday, according to Pullman Area Sgt. Rich Kobel. But instead of going to police, Stephen Wills, 35, of 9320 S. Perry Ave., invited his 21-year-old neighbor to his home Friday morning to confront him, Kobel said. Shortly after Willie...

(Adds details, Montreal police identifying victim) * Suspect accused of murdering Chinese student * Suspect videotaped murder and dismemberment * Suspect sent body parts to Canadian political parties PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) - A Canadian suspected of dismembering a man in Montreal, filming the murder and then mailing body parts to political parties in Ottawa may now be in France, where police are conducting a search, a police source told...

A 32-year-old DeKalb man pleaded not guilty Friday to first-degree murder charges in connection with the 1997 dismemberment death of Michael Nobayashi. Louis Scott Krenek Jr., who owned a restaurant and motel in Lily Lake where Nobayashi worked as a cook, entered his plea before Kane County Judge Judith Brawka. He is being held on $5 million bond. Nobayashi's severed torso was found in a shallow grave near Burlington on April 8, 1997. A status hearing before Judge Donald C. Hudson is...